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  • 1 facile

    easily.
    easily, without difficulty

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  • 2 facilis

    făcĭlis, e, adj. (archaic forms nom. sing. facil, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53; adv. facul, like difficul, simul; v. under adv. 2, and cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 87 Müll.), [facio, properly, that may be done or made; hence, pregn.], easy to do, easy, without difficulty.
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Prop., constr. absol., with ad (and the gerund), the supine, inf., ut, and the dat.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    nulla est tam facilis res, quin difficilis siet, quam invitus facias,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 1; cf.:

    facilis et plana via (opp. difficilis),

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 20:

    quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 27 fin.; cf.

    also: mihi in causa facili atque explicata perdifficilis et lubrica defensionis ratio proponitur,

    Cic. Planc. 2, 5:

    justa res et facilis,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 33:

    facilis et prompta defensio,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237; cf.:

    facilis et expedita distinctio,

    id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

    facilia, proclivia, jucunda,

    id. Part. Or. 27, 95; cf.:

    proclivi cursu et facili delabi,

    id. Rep. 1, 28:

    ascensus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

    aditus,

    id. ib. 3, 25 fin.;

    descensus Averno,

    Verg. A. 6, 126; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41; cf.:

    celerem et facilem exitum habere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 22 fin.:

    lutum,

    easy to work, Tib. 1, 1, 40:

    fagus,

    Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 229:

    humus,

    easy to cultivate, mellow, Curt. 4, 6, 5:

    arcus,

    Val. Fl. 1, 109:

    jugum,

    easy to climb, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 4:

    somnus,

    easy to obtain, Hor. C. 2, 11, 8; 3, 21, 4:

    irae,

    easily excited, Luc. 1, 173:

    saevitia,

    easily overcome, Hor. C. 2, 12, 26 et saep.:

    aurae,

    gentle, Ov. H. 16, 123:

    jactura,

    easily borne, Verg. A. 2, 646:

    cera,

    easily shaped, Ov. M. 15, 169:

    victus,

    copious, Verg. G. 2, 460.— Comp.:

    iter multo facilius atque expeditius,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 2:

    cui censemus cursum ad deos faciliorem fuisse quam Scipioni?

    Cic. Lael. 4, 14:

    faciliore et commodiore judicio,

    id. Caecin. 3, 8.— Sup.:

    quod est facillimum, facis,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 4; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 3:

    concordia,

    id. ib. 1, 32:

    hujus summae virtutis facillima est via,

    Quint. 8, 3, 71:

    in quibus (ceris) facillima est ratio delendi,

    id. 10, 3, 31 et saep.—
    (β).
    With ad and the gerund:

    nulla materies tam facilis ad exardescendum est,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

    ad subigendum,

    id. Rep. 2, 41:

    ad credendum,

    id. Tusc. 1, 32, 78:

    palmae ad scandendum,

    Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 29.— Comp.:

    faciliora ad intelligendum,

    Quint. 2, 3, 8.— Sup.:

    haec ad judicandum sunt facillima,

    Cic. Off. 3, 6, 30; id. Fin. 2, 20.—
    (γ).
    With ad and subst.:

    faciles ad receptum angustiae,

    Liv. 32, 12, 3:

    mens ad pejora,

    Quint. 1, 2, 4:

    credulitas feminarum ad gaudia,

    Tac. A. 14, 4.— Comp.:

    mediocritas praeceptoris ad intellectum atque imitationem facilior,

    Quint. 2, 3, 1.—
    (δ).
    With supine:

    facile inventust,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53:

    res factu facilis,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 26:

    cuivis facile scitu est,

    id. Hec. 3, 1, 15:

    facilis victu gens,

    abounding in resources, Verg. A. 1, 445 Wagn.:

    (Cyclops) nec visu facilis nec dictu affabilis ulli,

    id. ib. 3, 621; cf.:

    sapiens facilis victu fuit,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 11.— Comp.:

    nihil est dictu facilius,

    Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 70.— Sup.:

    factu facillimum,

    Sall. C. 14, 1.—
    (ε).
    With inf.:

    materia facilis est, in te et in tuos dicta dicere,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 17, 42:

    facilis vincere ac vinci vultu eodem,

    Liv. 7, 33, 2:

    facilis corrumpi,

    Tac. H. 4, 39:

    Roma capi facilis,

    Luc. 2, 656.—So esp. freq. in the neuter, facile est, with a subject-clause:

    id esse verum, cuivis facile est noscere,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 8:

    quod illis prohibere erat facile,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 50, 2:

    neque erat facile nostris, uno tempore propugnare et munire,

    id. ib. 3, 45, 4; Quint. 6, 4, 20:

    nec origines persequi facile est,

    Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 46:

    quīs facile est aedem conducere,

    Juv. 3, 31; 4, 103.— Comp.:

    plerumque facilius est plus facere quam idem,

    Quint. 10, 2, 10; 12, 6, 7.— Sup.:

    stulta reprehendere facillimum est,

    Quint. 6, 3, 71; 11, 1, 81.—
    (ζ).
    With ut:

    facilius est, ut esse aliquis successor tuus possit, quam ut velit,

    Plin. Pan. 44, 3; 87, 5; cf. with quod: facile est quod habeant conservam in villa, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6.—
    (η).
    With dat.:

    terra facilis pecori,

    i.e. suitable, proper, Verg. G. 2, 223; cf.:

    campus operi,

    Liv. 33, 17, 8:

    facilis divisui (Macedonia),

    id. 45, 30, 2:

    neque Thraces commercio faciles erant,

    Liv. 40, 58, 1:

    homines bello faciles,

    Tac. Agr. 21:

    juvenis inanibus,

    easily susceptible, open to, id. A. 2, 27; cf.:

    facilis capessendis inimicitiis,

    id. ib. 5, 11. —
    (θ).
    With gen. ( poet.):

    Hispania frugum facilis,

    fertile in, Claud. Laud. Seren. 54.—
    b.
    Adverbially, in facili, ex (e) facili, and rarely, de facili, easily:

    cum exitus haud in facili essent,

    not easy, Liv. 3, 8, 9 Drak.:

    in facili,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 7: Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 274; Dig. 26, 3, 8:

    ita adducendum, ut ex facili subsequatur,

    easily, Cels. 7, 9 med.:

    ex facili tolerantibus,

    Tac. Agr. 15 init.: ex facili, Cel. 6, 1, 1; Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 60;

    for which: e facili,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 356: de facili ab iis superabuntur, Firm. Math. 5, 6.—
    B.
    Transf.
    a.
    Of persons that do any thing with facility, ready, quick. — Constr. with ad, in, and simple abl.:

    facilis et expeditus ad dicendum,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 180:

    sermone Graeco promptus et facilis,

    Suet. Tib. 71; cf.:

    promptus et facillis ad extemporalitatem usque,

    id. Tit. 3:

    faciles in excogitando et ad discendum prompti,

    Quint. 1, 1, 1:

    exiguo faciles,

    content, Sil. 1, 615.—
    b.
    Of things, easily moving:

    oculi,

    Verg. A. 8, 310:

    manus,

    Ov. F. 3, 536:

    cervix,

    Mart. Spect. 23:

    canes, i. e. agiles,

    Nemes. Cyneg. 50.
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Of character, easy, good-natured, compliant, willing, yielding, courteous, affable:

    facilis benevolusque,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 35:

    comes, benigni, faciles, suaves homines esse dicuntur,

    Cic. Balb. 16, 36:

    facilis et liberalis pater,

    id. N. D. 3, 29, 73:

    lenis et facilis,

    id. Fam. 5, 2, 9:

    facilis et clemens,

    Suet. Aug. 67:

    facilem populum habere,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 4:

    facilem stillare in aurem,

    Juv. 3, 122:

    di,

    id. 10, 8. —With in and abl.:

    facilem se in rebus cognoscendis praebere,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32; cf.:

    facilis in causis recipiendis,

    id. Brut. 57, 207:

    faciles in suum cuique tribuendo,

    id. ib. 21, 85:

    faciles ad concedendum,

    id. Div. 2, 52, 107.—With in and acc.:

    sic habeas faciles in tua vota deos,

    Ov. H. 16, 282.—With inf.:

    faciles aurem praebere,

    Prop. 2, 21, 15 (3, 14, 5 M.):

    O faciles dare summa deos,

    Luc. 1, 505.—With gen.:

    facilis impetrandae veniae,

    Liv. 26, 15, 1:

    alloquii facilis (al. alloquiis),

    Val. Fl. 5, 407.— Absol.:

    comi facilique naturā,

    Suet. Gramm. 7:

    facili ac prodigo animo,

    id. Vit. 7.— Comp.:

    facilior aut indulgentior,

    Suet. Vesp. 21; Quint. 7, 1, 27; Flor. 4, 11, 2.— Sup.:

    quid dicam de moribus facillimis,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 11.—
    B.
    Of fortune, favorable, prosperous:

    res et fortunae tuae... quotidie faciliores mihi et meliores videntur,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1; Liv. 23, 11, 2.— Adv. in four forms: facile, facul, faculter, and faciliter.
    1.
    făcĭlĕ (the class. form).
    (α).
    easily, without trouble or difficulty:

    facile cum valemus recta consilia aegrotis damus,

    Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:

    quis haec non vel facile vel certe aliquo modo posset ediscere?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 232:

    vitia in contraria convertuntur,

    id. Rep. 1, 45.— Comp.:

    cave putes, aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 42 fin.:

    quo facilius otio perfruantur,

    id. ib. 1, 5: id hoc facilius eis persuasit, quod, etc., Caes, B. G. 1, 2, 3.— Sup.:

    ut optimi cujusque animus in morte facillime evolet tamquam e custodia,

    Cic. Lael. 4, 14:

    facillime fingi,

    id. Cael. 9, 22:

    facillime decidit,

    id. Rep. 2, 23:

    mederi inopiae frumentariae,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 24, 6 et saep.—
    (β).
    To add intensity to an expression which already signifies a high degree, certainly, unquestionably, without contradiction, beyond dispute, by far, far (often in Cic.;

    elsewh. rare): virum unum totius Graeciae facile doctissimum,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 23:

    facile deterrimus,

    id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:

    genere et nobilitate et pecunia facile primus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15; cf.:

    virtute, existimatione, nobilitate facile princeps,

    id. Clu. 5, 11:

    facile princeps,

    id. Div. 2, 42, 87; id. Fam. 6, 10, 2; id. Univ. 1; Flor. 3, 14, 1:

    facile praecipuus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 68:

    facile hic plus mali est, quam illic boni,

    Ter. And. 4, 3, 5: Pe. Sed tu novistin' fidicinam? Fi. Tam facile quam me, as well as I do myself, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 68.—With verbs that denote superiority (vincere, superare, etc.):

    post illum (Herodotum) Thucydides omnes dicendi artificio, mea sententia, facile vicit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56; cf. id. Off. 2, 19, 59; id. Rep. 1, 23; cf.

    also: stellarum globi terrae magnitudinem facile vincebant,

    id. ib. 6, 16 fin.; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

    Sisenna omnes adhuc nostros scriptores facile superavit,

    id. Leg. 1, 2, 7; cf. id. de Or. 3, 11, 43:

    facile palmam habes!

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 80.— In naming a large amount, quite, fully:

    huic hereditas facile ad HS. tricies venit testamento propinqui sui,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 14, § 35.—
    (γ).
    With a negative, non facile or haud facile, to add intensity, not easily, i.e. hardly:

    mira accuratio, ut non facile in ullo diligentiorem majoremque cognoverim,

    Cic. Brut. 67, 238:

    sed haud facile dixerim, cur, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 3 fin.; cf.:

    de iis haud facile compertum narraverim,

    Sall. J. 17, 2:

    animus imbutus malis artibus haud facile libidinibus carebat,

    id. C. 13, 5. —
    b.
    Readily, willingly, without hesitation:

    facile omnes perferre ac pati,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 35; cf.:

    te de aeternitate dicentem aberrare a proposito facile patiebar,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:

    disertus homo et facile laborans,

    id. Off. 2, 19, 66:

    ego unguibus facile illi in oculos involem,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 6.— Comp.:

    locum habeo nullum, ubi facilius esse possim quam Asturae,

    Cic. Att. 13, 26, 2.—
    c.
    (Acc. to facilis, II. B.) Pleasantly, agreeably, well:

    propter eas (nugas) vivo facilius,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 6:

    cum animo cogites, Quam vos facillime agitis, quam estis maxume Potentes, dites, fortunati, nobiles,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 56:

    facillime agitare,

    Suet. Vit. Ter. 1:

    ubi Crassus animadvertit, suas copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci,

    not safely, Caes. B. G. 3, 23, 7.—
    2.
    făcul (anteclass.), easily: nobilitate facul propellere iniquos, Lucil. ap. Non. 111, 19; Pac. ib. 21:

    haud facul, ut ait Pacuvius, femina una invenietur bona,

    Afran. ib. 22:

    advorsam ferre fortunam facul,

    Att. ib. 24.—
    3.
    ‡ făculter, acc. to the statement of Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 1 Müll.; cf. Mart. Cap. 3, § 325. —
    4.
    făcĭlĭter (post-Aug.; predominating in Vitruvius; censured by Quint. 1, 6, 17), easily:

    ferrum percalefactum faciliter fabricatur,

    Vitr. 1, 4, 3 et saep.; Mart. Cap. 3, § 325.

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  • 3 facile

        facile adv. with comp. and sup.    [facilis], easily, with ease, readily, without difficulty: recta consilia aegrotis dare, T.: haec facile ediscere?: quo facilius otio perfruantur: id hoc facilius eis persuasit, quod, etc., Cs.: facillime fingi: facillime mederi inopiae, Cs.—With superlatives or words of superiority, certainly, unquestionably, without contradiction, beyond dispute, by far, far: facile hic plus malist, quam illic boni, T.: doctissimus: pecuniā primus: fortuitam orationem cogitatio facile vincit.—With numerals, quite, fully: hereditas facile ad HS tricies.—With a negative, not easily, hardly: non facile dixerim, quicquam, etc.: haud facile ad negotium inpelli posse, S.: haud facile lubidinibus carebat, S.— Readily, willingly, promptly, without hesitation: omnes perferre, T.: homo laborans: unguibus facile illi in oculos involem, T.: locus, ubi facilius esse possim quam Asturae. — Pleasantly, agreeably, well: cogites, Quam vos facillume agitis, T.: copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci, safely, Cs.
    * * *
    facilius, facillime ADV
    easily, readily, without difficulty; generally, often; willingly; heedlessly

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  • 4 agilis

    agĭlis, e, adj. [ago].
    I.
    Pass., that can be easily moved, easily movable (mostly poet.;

    not in Cic.): qui restitissent agili classi naves tormenta machinasque portantes?

    Liv. 30, 10:

    haec querulas agili percurrit pollice chordas,

    Ov. Am. 2, 4, 27:

    factus inops agili peragit freta caerula remo,

    id. H. 15, 65; so,

    agilis rota,

    id. P. 2, 10, 34:

    aër agilior et tenuior,

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 10 al. —
    II.
    Act.
    A.
    That moves easily or quickly; nimble, agile, quick, rapid: sic tibi secretis agilis dea saltibus adsit, swift or fleet-footed Diana, Ov. H. 4, 169:

    sic super agilis Cyllenius,

    swift-flying, id. M. 2, 720.—Also of things, quick, sudden: agilem dari facilemque victoriam, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 1:

    argumentatio agilior et acrior et instantior,

    Quint. 11, 3, 164 al. —
    B.
    With the accessory idea of activity, quick, hasty, or precipitate in action; prompt, active, busy (with direct reference to the action, and hence used of inanimate things; while sedulus, diligent, assiduous, regards more the state of mind; both, however, refer to the simple idea of mobility, Doed. Syn. 1, 122; cf. Front. Differ. 2203 P.):

    Nunc agilis fio et mersor civilibus undis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 16 (= negotiosus, praktikos, Schol.):

    oderunt Sedatum celeres, agilem gnavumque remissi,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 90:

    ipse quid audes? Quae circumvolitas agilis thyma,

    busy, id. ib. 1, 3, 21:

    vir navus, agilis, providus,

    Vell. 2, 105; Ov. F. 2, 516 (opp. ignavus); id. Am. 1, 9, 45:

    animus agilis et pronus ad motus,

    Sen. Tranq. 2.— Comp., Sen. Ep. 74.— Sup., as given by Prisc. p. 606 P., and Charis. p. 89, is agillĭmus; but Charis. p. 162, agilissĭmus; both forms, however, are given without examples; cf. Rudd. I. p. 171, n. 12.— Adv.: ăgĭlĭter, Amm. 14, 2; 28, 2.— Comp., Col. 2, 2.

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  • 5 molle

    mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mollis juncus,

    Verg. E. 2, 72:

    comam mollis... hyacinthi,

    id. G. 4, 137:

    aurum,

    flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

    tiliae,

    Ov. M. 10, 92:

    crura,

    Verg. G. 3, 76:

    colla,

    id. A. 11, 622:

    bracchia,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

    cervix,

    id. F. 4, 185:

    commissurae,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

    molle litus,

    of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

    harena,

    Ov. M. 2, 577:

    aqua,

    id. A. A. 1, 476:

    fraga,

    id. M. 13, 816:

    castaneae,

    Verg. E. 1, 82:

    mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

    id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

    molli mero,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

    molle Calenum,

    Juv. 1, 69:

    alvus,

    relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

    cibus,

    mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

    ovum,

    soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

    prata,

    Verg. G. 2, 384:

    gramen,

    Ov. F. 6, 328:

    humus,

    id. A. A. 3, 688:

    lana,

    id. F. 2, 742:

    torus,

    id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

    arcus,

    slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

    feretrum,

    made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

    mollissima cera,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

    mollia panis,

    the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

    molles genae,

    soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

    capilli,

    id. P. 3, 3, 17:

    manus,

    id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

    latus,

    id. M. 14, 710:

    molles Zephyri,

    soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

    hiems,

    Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

    aestas,

    Verg. G. 1, 312:

    caelum,

    Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

    Euphrates mollior undis,

    gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

    aditus,

    easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

    iter,

    Quint. 4, 2, 46:

    via,

    id. 1, 6, 22:

    fastigium,

    gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

    clivus,

    Verg. E. 9, 8:

    modicis et mollibus clivis,

    Curt. 8, 39, 6:

    jugum montis,

    Tac. G. 1:

    trames,

    Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

    in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

    it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Tender, delicate, susceptible:

    mollibus annis,

    in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

    os molle,

    easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

    mollissima corda,

    Juv. 15, 131:

    mollissimae aures,

    modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—
    2.
    In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

    philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

    Sabaei,

    Verg. G. 1, 57:

    viri molles, i. e. pathici,

    Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

    disciplina,

    effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

    delicatior... molliorque ratio,

    id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

    vita,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

    mollis teneraque vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 23:

    educatio,

    id. 1, 2, 6:

    actio,

    id. 11, 3, 128:

    Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

    sententiae,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

    si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

    Liv. 22, 2, 4:

    Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

    id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

    sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

    molles in aure fenestrae,

    Juv. 1, 104.—
    B.
    Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

    orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

    soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

    mollis et jucunda senectus,

    id. Sen. 1, 2:

    ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

    calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

    verba,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

    mollia jussa,

    mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

    vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

    soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

    sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

    to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

    saepius molliora respondens,

    id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

    ridere mollia,

    to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

    cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

    in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

    pilenta,

    having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

    mollissima fandi tempora,

    id. A. 4, 293:

    hora mollior,

    more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

    signa,

    Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

    duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

    more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

    mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

    in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

    molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—
    C.
    Weak, untrustworthy:

    nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

    Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.
    1.
    Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

    molliter sustine me,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

    aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

    recubans,

    id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

    ossa cubent,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

    excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

    more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

    cura molliter semina conlocandi,

    Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

    colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

    gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —
    2.
    Trop.:

    quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

    calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

    abnuere,

    Liv. 30, 3:

    delicate et molliter vivere,

    voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

    aegritudinem pati,

    sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

    ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

    too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

    interpretari mollius aliquid,

    rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > molle

  • 6 mollia

    mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mollis juncus,

    Verg. E. 2, 72:

    comam mollis... hyacinthi,

    id. G. 4, 137:

    aurum,

    flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

    tiliae,

    Ov. M. 10, 92:

    crura,

    Verg. G. 3, 76:

    colla,

    id. A. 11, 622:

    bracchia,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

    cervix,

    id. F. 4, 185:

    commissurae,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

    molle litus,

    of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

    harena,

    Ov. M. 2, 577:

    aqua,

    id. A. A. 1, 476:

    fraga,

    id. M. 13, 816:

    castaneae,

    Verg. E. 1, 82:

    mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

    id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

    molli mero,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

    molle Calenum,

    Juv. 1, 69:

    alvus,

    relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

    cibus,

    mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

    ovum,

    soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

    prata,

    Verg. G. 2, 384:

    gramen,

    Ov. F. 6, 328:

    humus,

    id. A. A. 3, 688:

    lana,

    id. F. 2, 742:

    torus,

    id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

    arcus,

    slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

    feretrum,

    made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

    mollissima cera,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

    mollia panis,

    the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

    molles genae,

    soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

    capilli,

    id. P. 3, 3, 17:

    manus,

    id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

    latus,

    id. M. 14, 710:

    molles Zephyri,

    soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

    hiems,

    Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

    aestas,

    Verg. G. 1, 312:

    caelum,

    Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

    Euphrates mollior undis,

    gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

    aditus,

    easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

    iter,

    Quint. 4, 2, 46:

    via,

    id. 1, 6, 22:

    fastigium,

    gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

    clivus,

    Verg. E. 9, 8:

    modicis et mollibus clivis,

    Curt. 8, 39, 6:

    jugum montis,

    Tac. G. 1:

    trames,

    Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

    in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

    it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Tender, delicate, susceptible:

    mollibus annis,

    in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

    os molle,

    easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

    mollissima corda,

    Juv. 15, 131:

    mollissimae aures,

    modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—
    2.
    In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

    philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

    Sabaei,

    Verg. G. 1, 57:

    viri molles, i. e. pathici,

    Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

    disciplina,

    effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

    delicatior... molliorque ratio,

    id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

    vita,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

    mollis teneraque vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 23:

    educatio,

    id. 1, 2, 6:

    actio,

    id. 11, 3, 128:

    Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

    sententiae,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

    si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

    Liv. 22, 2, 4:

    Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

    id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

    sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

    molles in aure fenestrae,

    Juv. 1, 104.—
    B.
    Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

    orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

    soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

    mollis et jucunda senectus,

    id. Sen. 1, 2:

    ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

    calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

    verba,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

    mollia jussa,

    mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

    vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

    soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

    sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

    to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

    saepius molliora respondens,

    id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

    ridere mollia,

    to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

    cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

    in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

    pilenta,

    having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

    mollissima fandi tempora,

    id. A. 4, 293:

    hora mollior,

    more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

    signa,

    Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

    duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

    more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

    mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

    in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

    molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—
    C.
    Weak, untrustworthy:

    nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

    Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.
    1.
    Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

    molliter sustine me,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

    aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

    recubans,

    id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

    ossa cubent,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

    excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

    more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

    cura molliter semina conlocandi,

    Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

    colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

    gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —
    2.
    Trop.:

    quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

    calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

    abnuere,

    Liv. 30, 3:

    delicate et molliter vivere,

    voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

    aegritudinem pati,

    sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

    ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

    too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

    interpretari mollius aliquid,

    rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mollia

  • 7 mollis

    mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mollis juncus,

    Verg. E. 2, 72:

    comam mollis... hyacinthi,

    id. G. 4, 137:

    aurum,

    flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

    tiliae,

    Ov. M. 10, 92:

    crura,

    Verg. G. 3, 76:

    colla,

    id. A. 11, 622:

    bracchia,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

    cervix,

    id. F. 4, 185:

    commissurae,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

    molle litus,

    of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

    harena,

    Ov. M. 2, 577:

    aqua,

    id. A. A. 1, 476:

    fraga,

    id. M. 13, 816:

    castaneae,

    Verg. E. 1, 82:

    mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

    id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

    molli mero,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

    molle Calenum,

    Juv. 1, 69:

    alvus,

    relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

    cibus,

    mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

    ovum,

    soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

    prata,

    Verg. G. 2, 384:

    gramen,

    Ov. F. 6, 328:

    humus,

    id. A. A. 3, 688:

    lana,

    id. F. 2, 742:

    torus,

    id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

    arcus,

    slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

    feretrum,

    made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

    mollissima cera,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

    mollia panis,

    the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

    molles genae,

    soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

    capilli,

    id. P. 3, 3, 17:

    manus,

    id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

    latus,

    id. M. 14, 710:

    molles Zephyri,

    soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

    hiems,

    Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

    aestas,

    Verg. G. 1, 312:

    caelum,

    Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

    Euphrates mollior undis,

    gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

    aditus,

    easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

    iter,

    Quint. 4, 2, 46:

    via,

    id. 1, 6, 22:

    fastigium,

    gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

    clivus,

    Verg. E. 9, 8:

    modicis et mollibus clivis,

    Curt. 8, 39, 6:

    jugum montis,

    Tac. G. 1:

    trames,

    Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

    in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

    it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Tender, delicate, susceptible:

    mollibus annis,

    in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

    os molle,

    easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

    mollissima corda,

    Juv. 15, 131:

    mollissimae aures,

    modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—
    2.
    In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

    philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

    Sabaei,

    Verg. G. 1, 57:

    viri molles, i. e. pathici,

    Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

    disciplina,

    effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

    delicatior... molliorque ratio,

    id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

    vita,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

    mollis teneraque vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 23:

    educatio,

    id. 1, 2, 6:

    actio,

    id. 11, 3, 128:

    Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

    sententiae,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

    si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

    Liv. 22, 2, 4:

    Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

    id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

    sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

    molles in aure fenestrae,

    Juv. 1, 104.—
    B.
    Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

    orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

    soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

    mollis et jucunda senectus,

    id. Sen. 1, 2:

    ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

    calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

    verba,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

    mollia jussa,

    mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

    vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

    soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

    sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

    to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

    saepius molliora respondens,

    id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

    ridere mollia,

    to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

    cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

    in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

    pilenta,

    having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

    mollissima fandi tempora,

    id. A. 4, 293:

    hora mollior,

    more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

    signa,

    Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

    duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

    more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

    mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

    in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

    molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—
    C.
    Weak, untrustworthy:

    nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

    Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.
    1.
    Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

    molliter sustine me,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

    aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

    recubans,

    id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

    ossa cubent,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

    excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

    more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

    cura molliter semina conlocandi,

    Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

    colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

    gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —
    2.
    Trop.:

    quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

    calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

    abnuere,

    Liv. 30, 3:

    delicate et molliter vivere,

    voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

    aegritudinem pati,

    sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

    ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

    too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

    interpretari mollius aliquid,

    rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mollis

  • 8 molliter

    mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mollis juncus,

    Verg. E. 2, 72:

    comam mollis... hyacinthi,

    id. G. 4, 137:

    aurum,

    flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

    tiliae,

    Ov. M. 10, 92:

    crura,

    Verg. G. 3, 76:

    colla,

    id. A. 11, 622:

    bracchia,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

    cervix,

    id. F. 4, 185:

    commissurae,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

    molle litus,

    of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

    harena,

    Ov. M. 2, 577:

    aqua,

    id. A. A. 1, 476:

    fraga,

    id. M. 13, 816:

    castaneae,

    Verg. E. 1, 82:

    mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

    id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

    molli mero,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

    molle Calenum,

    Juv. 1, 69:

    alvus,

    relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

    cibus,

    mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

    ovum,

    soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

    prata,

    Verg. G. 2, 384:

    gramen,

    Ov. F. 6, 328:

    humus,

    id. A. A. 3, 688:

    lana,

    id. F. 2, 742:

    torus,

    id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

    arcus,

    slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

    feretrum,

    made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

    mollissima cera,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

    mollia panis,

    the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

    molles genae,

    soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

    capilli,

    id. P. 3, 3, 17:

    manus,

    id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

    latus,

    id. M. 14, 710:

    molles Zephyri,

    soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

    hiems,

    Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

    aestas,

    Verg. G. 1, 312:

    caelum,

    Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

    Euphrates mollior undis,

    gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

    aditus,

    easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

    iter,

    Quint. 4, 2, 46:

    via,

    id. 1, 6, 22:

    fastigium,

    gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

    clivus,

    Verg. E. 9, 8:

    modicis et mollibus clivis,

    Curt. 8, 39, 6:

    jugum montis,

    Tac. G. 1:

    trames,

    Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

    in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

    it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Tender, delicate, susceptible:

    mollibus annis,

    in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

    os molle,

    easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

    mollissima corda,

    Juv. 15, 131:

    mollissimae aures,

    modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—
    2.
    In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

    philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

    Sabaei,

    Verg. G. 1, 57:

    viri molles, i. e. pathici,

    Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

    disciplina,

    effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

    delicatior... molliorque ratio,

    id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

    vita,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

    mollis teneraque vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 23:

    educatio,

    id. 1, 2, 6:

    actio,

    id. 11, 3, 128:

    Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

    sententiae,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

    si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

    Liv. 22, 2, 4:

    Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

    id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

    sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

    molles in aure fenestrae,

    Juv. 1, 104.—
    B.
    Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

    orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

    soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

    mollis et jucunda senectus,

    id. Sen. 1, 2:

    ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

    calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

    verba,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

    mollia jussa,

    mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

    vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

    soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

    sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

    to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

    saepius molliora respondens,

    id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

    ridere mollia,

    to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

    cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

    in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

    pilenta,

    having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

    mollissima fandi tempora,

    id. A. 4, 293:

    hora mollior,

    more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

    signa,

    Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

    duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

    more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

    mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

    in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

    molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—
    C.
    Weak, untrustworthy:

    nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

    Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.
    1.
    Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

    molliter sustine me,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

    aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

    recubans,

    id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

    ossa cubent,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

    excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

    more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

    cura molliter semina conlocandi,

    Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

    colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

    gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —
    2.
    Trop.:

    quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

    calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

    abnuere,

    Liv. 30, 3:

    delicate et molliter vivere,

    voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

    aegritudinem pati,

    sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

    ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

    too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

    interpretari mollius aliquid,

    rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

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  • 9 agitābilis

        agitābilis e, adj.    [agito], easily moved, light: aer, O.
    * * *
    agitabilis, agitabile ADJ
    easily moved, mobile

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  • 10 cēreus

        cēreus adj.    [cera], waxen, of wax: nihil: effigies, H.: neque proponi cereus opto, offered for sale in ( a statue of) wax, H.: castra, i. e. honeycomb, V.: regna, realms of bees, V.— Wax-colored: pruna, V.—Pliant, soft: bracchia Telephi, H.— Fig.: cereus in vitium flecti, easily persuaded, H.
    * * *
    I
    cerea, cereum ADJ
    waxed, waxen, of/like wax; wax colored/pale yellow; pliant/soft; easily moved
    II
    wax light, taper, candle

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  • 11 crēdulus

        crēdulus adj.    [credo], that easily believes, credulous, easy of belief, confiding, unsuspecting: senes: nimis: te fruitur credulus aureā, H.: piscis in undā, O.: illis, V.: postero (diei), H.: in vitium, O.—Trustful, credulous, simple: Credula res amor est, O.— Easily believed: fama, Ta.
    * * *
    credula, credulum ADJ
    credulous, trusting, gullible; prone to believe/trust; full of confidence (L+S)

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  • 12 docilis

        docilis e, adj.    [doceo], easily taught, teachable, tractable, docile: alqm docilem facere: equorum genus, L.: te magistro Amphion, H.: ingenium, N.: equus tenerā docilis cervice, H.: ad hanc sententiam: imitandis Turpibus omnes, Iu.: modorum, H.: pravi, H. — Tractable, manageable: capilli, O.— Intelligible: usūs, Pr.
    * * *
    docilis, docile ADJ
    easily taught, teachable, responsive; docile

    Latin-English dictionary > docilis

  • 13 facilis

        facilis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [2 FAC-], easy to do, easy, without difficulty: res (opp. difficilis), T.: facilia ex difficillimis redigere, Cs.: causa: cursus: aditus, Cs.: somnus, easy to obtain, H.: saevitia, easily overcome, H.: aurae, gentle, O.: iactura, light, V.: cera, yielding, O.: victus, copious, V.: cursus ad deos facilior: quod ei fuit facillimum: materies facilis ad exardescendum: haec ad iudicandum sunt facillima: faciles ad receptum angustiae, L.: crepido haud facilior in ascensum, L.: cuivis facile scitu est, T.: (Cyclops) Nec visu facilis, V.: nihil est dictu facilius, T.: factu facillimum, S.: materia facilis est, in te dicta dicere: facilis vincere ac vinci voltu eodem, L.: quod illis prohibere erat facile, Cs.: Quīs facile est aedem conducere, Iu.: terra pecori, suitable, V.: campus operi, L.: divisui (Macedonia), L.: homines bello, Ta.—In adverb. phrases: cum exitūs haud in facili essent, not easy, L.: ex facili tolerantibus, Ta. — Of persons, ready, quick: ad dicendum: fore facilem victu per saecula gentem, lead a happy life, V.: homines in bella, Ta.: amori, Tb.: aurem praebere puellae, Pr.— Easy, goodnatured, accessible, compliant, willing, yielding, courteous, affable: pater: facilem votis ut praebeat aurem, H.. auris, Iu.: mores facillimae: amicitiā, S.: sermone, Ta.: in rebus cognoscendis: in suum cuique tribuendo: ad concedendum: in tua vota di, O.: impetrandae veniae, L. — Favorable, prosperous: res et fortunae faciliores: vestrae res, L.— Easily moving, quick, nimble: oculi, V.: manūs, O.
    * * *
    facile, facilior -or -us, facillimus -a -um ADJ
    easy, easy to do, without difficulty, ready, quick, good natured, courteous

    Latin-English dictionary > facilis

  • 14 parābilis

        parābilis e, adj.    [paro], easily procured, easy to be had, accessible, at hand: divitiae: victus, Cu.
    * * *
    parabilis, parabile ADJ
    procurable, easily obtainable

    Latin-English dictionary > parābilis

  • 15 perfacile

        perfacile adv.    [perfacilis], very easily: hunc hominem de medio tolli posse: Signis perfacile est (sc. designare), H.
    * * *
    very easily; readily

    Latin-English dictionary > perfacile

  • 16 plācābilis

        plācābilis e, adj. with comp.    [placo], to be conciliated, easily pacified, placable: omnia habere placabiliora quam animum praetoris: Irasci celer, tamen ut placabilis essem, H.: placabilis irae, O.: ad iustas preces ingenium, L.: sacris placabilis ira, O.: ara Dianae, placable, V.— Pacifying, appeasing, propitiating, acceptable: Id nosmet indicare placabilius est, more conciliatory, T.
    * * *
    placabilis, placabile ADJ
    easily appeased, placable, appeasing, pacifying

    Latin-English dictionary > plācābilis

  • 17 commeabilis

    commeabilis, commeabile ADJ
    permeable, that is easily passed through; that easily passes through

    Latin-English dictionary > commeabilis

  • 18 commobilis

    commobilis, commobile ADJ
    easily moving; easily moved/swayed

    Latin-English dictionary > commobilis

  • 19 agitabilis

    ăgĭtābĭlis, e, adj. [agito], that can be easily moved, easily movable (as an epitheton ornans of the air), light:

    aër,

    Ov. M. 1, 75.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > agitabilis

  • 20 exorabilis

    exōrābĭlis, e, adj. [exoro].
    I.
    Pass., easily entreated or moved, exorable (class.), Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 26:

    si implacabiles iracundiae sunt, summa est acerbitas: sin autem exorabiles, summa levitas,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13 fin.:

    in aliquem,

    id. Att. 1, 3 fin.:

    (Orcus) non exorabilis auro,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 179; cf.:

    nulli exorabilis,

    Sil. 5, 131:

    initium vitii,

    Sen. Ep. 116:

    et exorabile numen fortasse experiar,

    Juv. 13, 102.— Comp.:

    in suis quam in alienis exorabilior injuriis,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 20.—
    * II.
    Act., easily moving, persuasive:

    carmen,

    Val. Fl. 1, 782.

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